Tag: Facebook
Meta Responds To German Watchdog Saying Its Data Is ‘Flawed’
Meta Platforms, owner of Facebook, on Tuesday criticised a landmark German antitrust order to curb its data collection as 'clearly flawed' and which undermines...
US & EU Lawmakers Call For Better Facebook Data Oversight
Motherboard revealed that Facebook’s systems are designed in such a way that the company can struggle to track users’ data within its own systems, according to VICE.
After...
EU Court Rules Against Meta Over German Case
The European Union’s top court ruled on Thursday that Germany’s consumer protection association could bring a legal challenge against Facebook parent Meta over data...
Meta Looks To Appeal UK’s Order To Unwind $315M Giphy Deal
Meta Platforms will this week attempt to overturn a controversial order to sell off Giphy, in a four-day trial that will mark the biggest antitrust...
Facebook v. Bundeskartellamt – May European Competition Agencies Apply the GDPR?
The relationship between privacy and competition law is complex and contentious. May or should competition agencies consider business conduct’s negative impact on privacy when...
State AGs’ Antitrust Appeal Against Facebook Moves Forward
A 52-page reply filed by the attorneys general of almost all 50 states pressed the DC Circuit to let their antitrust case against Facebook proceed. Last...
Canada Will Force Google, Facebook To Pay For News
Canada's government announced a new legislative proposal on Tuesday (April 5) that would compel platforms like Facebook and Google to negotiate with news publishers...
South African Competition Commission Prosecutes Facebook for Abuse of Dominance
By: Gina Lodolo (African Antitrust)
On 14 March 2022, the South African Competition Commission (“Commission”) referred a complaint against Meta Platforms Inc is the parent...
US Chamber Of Commerce Asks Judge To Reject Appeal In Facebook...
The US Chamber of Commerce, perhaps the most powerful lobbying group in the United States, filed a brief on Monday March 28 urging a...
Russian Court Rules Meta an ‘Extremist’ Organization
A Russian court has labeled Meta Platforms an “extremist organization” but said that the ruling only applies to the already-outlawed Facebook and Instagram platforms, and not...
